All right, I got a quote for you. It's kind of a long one, but it goes with our talk today.

It says pride is a reason people do not feel they need a savior or forgiveness.

Pride tells them they are quote unquote good people or have a quote unquote good heart.

Pride also blinds people to their own personal responsibility and accountability for sin.

Narcissism or pride masks sin, whereas the gospel reveals the truth that leads to remorse

for sin. Narcissistic traits can be dangerous because at their worst, they will lead a person

to destroy others to satisfy the lust of the flesh. Wow. So we are talking about narcissism

in marriage today, and it feels like a a really big yucky word yeah it kind of

is because it's a psychological term but I was very convicted reading through it and I don't

feel like I'm a narcissistic person but maybe I am at some level right but part of what we're

going to be looking at today I know what does it look like in kind of the average person's life.

So narcissism is...

How does it affect our marriage?

It's a spectrum.

It's a personality disorder that's on a spectrum.

So there are more severe cases of narcissism and more subtle cases of narcissism.

And so I think today we're kind of examining this question of this revelation of

so you married a narcissist.

Now, again, we'll get into what that actually means, but I don't know, we found the research

to this helpful and we hope you find it helpful as well. So we'll see you on the other side. Welcome to the Fierce Marriage Podcast, where we believe that marriage takes a fierce tenacity that never gives up and refuses to give in. Here we'll share openly and honestly about all things marriage. Sex. Communication. Finances. Priorities. Purpose.

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